Marconi’s Question: Did Wireless Improve the World?
Guglielmo Marconi is widely credited with asking, “Have I done the world good, or have I added a menace?” The line’s exact source has not been traced to a dated speech or…
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Tagore on the invisible work before every opportunity
Rabindranath Tagore's quote "Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it" from his 1913 Harvard lectures in *Sadhana: The Realisation of Life* has been…
August Krogh’s Nobel discovery of oxygen supply to muscles
The Hindu reports that Danish physiologist August Krogh won the 1920 Nobel Prize for uncovering how capillaries regulate oxygen delivery to muscles. His experiments showed that during exercise, additional capillaries open up,…
Aleph to publish Louise Glück’s novella Marigold and Rose in India
Aleph is bringing Nobel laureate Louise Glück's only published work of fiction, 'Marigold and Rose', to India. The 61-page novella follows twin babies Marigold and Rose through their first year, exploring the…
Marie Curie’s Quote Urges Understanding Over Fear
The Times of India features Marie Curie’s words, “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood,” as its Quote of the Day. The message encourages people to…
